This semester’s final session of NUI Galway’s research forum for Modernist Studies Ireland, ‘Works in Progress’, takes place on 30 April, 5-6 pm, in the Bridge Room. IRC Postgraduate Scholar Melinda Szűts will be talking about the influence of early modern theatre spaces on the development of Irish stagecraft at the turn of the century,... | Read on »
Narrative forms, play a vital role in human enrichment and development. Through them we acquire a sense not only of our environment, but of our own identity. The recent shift from a society dominated by print, to one where digital media prevails invites us to consider the consequences for storytelling. What new stories have grown... | Read on »
Irish architectural history and classical traditions by Dr Judith Hill (Moore Institute Visiting Fellow 2017-18 and Irish Studies’ Scholar) - ‘Keep the past for pride’: What role did classicism play in the making of commemorative monuments in newly Independent Ireland? Dr Hill will be joined on the day by Dr Pádraic Moran (Classics) who will... | Read on »
The 2018 H-WRBI Annual Conference will take place at the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway at the Moore Institute on Thursday 7 June and Friday 8 June. Please see programme for the event on the following link: https://historyofwomenreligious.org/conf_programme/ Call for Papers The conference will explore the history of women religious across a broad chronological timeframe,... | Read on »
Violence, Space, and The Political - Critical theory conference Hosted by the Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster, School of Political science and Sociology In this, multi-disciplinary, conference we wish to think through the imbrications of violence, space, and the political. Given that our present conjuncture is one constituted by innumerable sites of apartheid, exclusion,... | Read on »
As part of the Modern Irishwomen lecture series , Dr James Curry on the often-forgotten nurse and republican activist Dora Maguire (1889-1931), remembered in one Dublin newspaper obituary as the ‘Friend of the Poor’. Modern Irishwomen Lecture Series 1918 was... | Read on »
Information: The HBCRG has recently received funding for a project called ‘INTeRACT for Health: Increasing Integrated Knowledge Translation Capacity for Impact’. The aim of the project is to enhance knowledge translation capacity nationally, and to develop capacity and skill to impact on outcomes of importance. A one day workshop on integrated Knowledge Translation and Implementation... | Read on »
The NUI Galway mHealth research group (based in the School of Psychology) is hosting an international and interdisciplinary conference on Mobile Health (mHealth) in Galway. The event includes expert keynote speakers, short presentations on innovative research, a round table discussion and poster presentations. This event is for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, industry partners and those... | Read on »
The Digital Repository of Ireland is holding an Introductory Training event on Thursday, June 14, from 10:30am – 3pm in the James Hardiman Library, PC Suite (Nursing & Midwifery). The training is geared towards existing and potential digital collections curators who may be interested in depositing those collections into DRI. The training gives an overview of... | Read on »
